Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 263



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Subject Here – Episode 263. All-Khan Discipline (3)

“Chase him!”

Chief Cheon Ho-jang, who was in charge of security, shouted in shock.

But the orcs hesitated instead of pursuing Isaac. With most of the shamans dead, reincarnation might be difficult.

Isaac’s prediction that if the shaman died, the orcs would also feel the fear of death turned out to be correct.

Cheonhojang burst out in anger at those orcs.

“The General Shaman was killed within the unit! If the Kirmas Shaman were to be reincarnated, do you think she would leave you alone?”

Only then did the orcs startle in surprise and chase after Isaac.

It is not only ordinary soldiers who can reincarnate. Shamans can also reincarnate, and their spiritual abilities even become stronger with each reincarnation. It is not known when Kirmas will reincarnate, but if he is held responsible, he could become a spirit and not be able to reincarnate, but could end up being a cannon-carrier.

“Where did that crazy guy come from… … !”

Cheonhojang looked at the shamans’ bodies, biting his fingernails anxiously.

I knew there was a dragon, but I never thought it would land right in the middle of the camp and target the General Shaman.

No, who could have predicted this situation? It would have been impossible without Isaac.

“It’s a mess.”

Thud, thud.

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard behind Cheonhojang. Only one group of people are allowed to ride horses in the barracks. Orcs who cannot dismount. Not other orcs, but chosen warriors whose souls entered the womb of a horse and were born with their bodies turned inside out.

Those born as knights of the Olkan Code were called Keshik, the Khan’s bodyguards by the Orcs.

Isaac would have called them orcs—centaurs, but they didn’t have that knowledge. The concept of centaurs didn’t even exist.

“Atlantic Keshik.”

When Cheonhojang saw him, who had the upper body of an orc sprouting out of the body of a giant warhorse instead of a horse’s head, he became nervous and stepped back.

“Did General Kirmas get hurt? He wouldn’t die so easily.”

Keshik are excluded from the military system because they act only on the orders of the Khan. This means that even a single soldier does not have to treat Keshik as a superior.

But Cheonhojang couldn’t tell Keshik to get out.

The reason why Keshik only acted on the orders of the Khan and were completely excluded from the military system was because they served as a kind of executioner or watchdog. If the manhojang leading the unit showed signs of incompetence or treason, the Keshik’s role was to immediately cut off the head.

Since Khan’s guards witnessed this disgrace, it would not have been strange if Cheonhojang’s head had been cut off immediately. However, Cheonhojang did not have the foolish idea of ​​rushing at Keshik with a sword.

Atlan circled the scene of the incident and examined Kirmas’ body particularly carefully.

“What is this? Did you stab yourself in the neck?”

“… … That’s right, Atlan Keshik. That’s what I heard from the report.”

“I was looking into things because it seemed like things were a mess at the Koral Manhojang side, and what the heck is going on… … If I had known something interesting like this would happen, I would have stayed in the rear.”

Atlan laughed loudly and looked in one direction.

That was the direction Isaac ran.

“I’ll track him down, so you can go ahead and do your own thing. It seems like the commanders of the Cheonho clan are in an uproar after the death of the Koral commander. Now that even the shaman of Kirmas has passed away, things are going to get even more chaotic.”

At Atlan’s words, the Heavenly Kings were startled and ran out. In order to avoid responsibility even a little, they had to talk things out with each other. The Holy Grail Knights were a disaster that fell from the sky, so even if they couldn’t do anything, they had to risk their lives to handle the situation.

After the Heavenly King left, Atlan took out the two curved swords on his back and set out to track down Isaac.

‘He’s a serious guy.’

The Code of Light is the strongest among the settled people. I thought I would definitely meet a strong opponent, but I didn’t expect to meet them so early. First of all, the act of jumping from the sky and assassinating a shaman is a difficult idea for a paladin to do, and it also shows that I know the Olkan rules well.

This guy is dangerous.

As Khan’s personal guard, Atlan’s instinct whispered.

He was the kind of guy who could shake up not only Khan, but also this entire raid. He had to be eliminated as quickly as possible.

***

Subject Here – The direction Isaac escaped was the thick forest behind where the orc army was. Since Kirmas was staying near the rear, he couldn’t break through the thick front line and head towards Soer. He had to make a big detour or ride back on Nel.

But the trail of carnage and destruction Isaac left behind as he fled became footprints. Soon, the orc soldiers who had been risking their lives chasing him on horseback rushed into the forest in pursuit of Isaac.

As is often the case with forests near large cities, this one was intentionally managed to raise livestock such as pigs. Thanks to this, there were no trees or vines to block the path, but it was still enough for Isaac to hide.

Instead of returning from there, Isaac showed the incoming orcs hell step by step.

“Monster, monster!”

The orc soldier swung his spear wildly, but the only things that were getting hurt were the trees.

The soldiers who came in with him had already disappeared somewhere. All the surviving orcs could see were the movements of ‘something’ that could not possibly be human, and the fragments of their comrades that remained.

If I get eaten by that monster without a shaman, will I be able to reincarnate safely? Could it be that the monster is a monster of chaos that wanders around the afterlife and eats wandering souls?

As he thought about that, Orc’s breathing became increasingly ragged even though he was doing nothing.

There is something evil in this forest. It is definitely not the Paladin. Maybe the Paladin has already been eaten.

Rustle.

“Who are you! Who are you!”

The orc screamed and swung his spear. But all he could see was trees. The dark forest was barely visible due to the tall trees, only a silhouette. But somewhere between those trees, the monster was… … .

Was that tree originally that close?

The orc suddenly stopped his gaze on a tree.

The branches were strangely long and lush compared to the short trunk, and they were drawing patterns that did not exist in the world. The moment the orc became aware of the existence of that thing that was clumsily ‘imitating’ a tree, his mind began to turn cold. When ‘it’ noticed the orc’s gaze, it stopped pretending and started moving slowly.

Hundreds of branches, or rather tentacles, fluttered and ‘walked’ towards the orc.

It had the torso of a woman, but its face was torn wide from side to side, and hundreds of surgical-like tentacles extended out from it, like tree branches.

As he watched the tentacles dance, the orc began to lose touch with the reality of the world. At the same time, he realized how precariously all the order and discipline he had believed in stood in the face of this unbridled and maddening chaos.

The monster, no, Hecatli, approached and whispered to the orc.

“Shrimp.”

The orc just foamed at the mouth and passed out.

Hecatli looked at the fallen orc, worried that he might have died of a heart attack. At that moment, Isaac appeared through the forest. Covered in the orc’s blood, Isaac looked shaky as soon as he saw Hecatli.

“It looks horrible.”

“I was doing as I was told, because you scared me and sent me back.”

Isaac nodded. He too was half-killing and half-killing the rest and sending them back. Those who survived would spread fear within the Orkan Discipline units. Along with rumors of nameless chaos devouring souls.

And that wasn’t a lie.

[Preyed on the ‘Olkan Discipline Priest (B-)’.]

[Consumption efficiency increases with the ‘Dead God’s Guts’ perk.]

[You have acquired the ‘Spiritual Communication (Temporary)’ privilege.]

[Temporary privileges remain as blessings until they are digested.]

Kirmas was not able to prey, but he gained this privilege by absorbing the soul fragments of the shamans he killed with his sword. Of course, it was not a great privilege, but it was only enough to see the spirits, hear their voices, and speak to them. While the miracles of other faiths were acquired after birth, the miracles of the Olkan Discipline were acquired through reincarnation, so they could be acquired through predation.

Thanks to this, Isaac was able to hold on to the souls while scattering and hindering them from returning to the shaman. Even without that, Isaac had the ‘Dead Man’s Grip’ glove that could grab the souls.

The orcs would be even more agitated if they knew that the souls of those who entered this forest and died did not return.

That was when.

Whaaaaaaaaaa! With a sharp crack, an arrow pierced Hecatli’s head. Hundreds of Hecatli’s tentacles hanging from her head lost their roots and fell off with a thud.

Hecatli staggered and pointed in the direction the arrow had come from. At the same time, the forest shook as well, and wild animals began to run.

Subject Here – But soon she curled up like a flower withering away.

Isaac noticed that Hecatli had suffered significant injuries, though not immediate death.

“Hecatli, take a rest.”

‘yes.’

Hecatli’s strengths lie in curses and summoning, not physical abilities. But even so, she was by no means an easy opponent.

‘And you hit it with one arrow in the forest like this?’

It was an outrageous ability.

Isaac ran straight towards the direction the arrow had come from. The next moment, a tree’s waist flew off with a bang, and the arrowhead slammed right into Isaac’s nose. However, Isaac, who was extremely focused, knocked the arrow away in one breath. At the same time, he identified the enemy’s location and used Kachulain’s acceleration ability to rush in.

Boom, Boom! Isaac kicked the tree twice in one breath and soon found himself in the presence of an orc, no, a horse, or a hybrid of an orc and a horse.

‘Keshik!’

The opponent was equally surprised. He threw his bow at Isaac and pulled out his curved sword.

Boom! Card thump.

Keshik, who had been chasing Isaac, retreated with long trajectories of Atlan’s four hooves. Isaac, who had planned to split the curved sword in two along with the curved sword, ground his teeth. It was not an ordinary curved sword, and its strength was not ordinary.

“What are you, I didn’t know there was a knight like you in the Code of Light?”

“What the hell are you? I didn’t know there was someone who could stop you.”

“Atlanta.”

“Isaac.”

The two of them were surprised together after exchanging their names without hesitation. Atlan already knew Isaac’s name through the whispers of the dead souls, and Isaac knew Atlan’s true identity, so he couldn’t help but be surprised.

‘Why is Khan’s abandoned child here?’

***

“We must pursue them immediately!”

“Are you crazy? You should go back and wait for the Kirmas Shaman to choose a new Manhojang!”

“Why hesitate against that pile of stones! Even Captain Katawal almost took over the city on his own!”

“That was before the arrival of the Knights of the Code of Light!”

Meanwhile, the Orc cavalry was in utter disarray.

The Cheonhojangs, who were supposed to be under the command of Koral Manhojang, were in turmoil due to the sudden death of their commander. Of course, there was a next in command in case of this situation, but he was not receiving support from the other Cheonhojangs.

“If your strategy is to hold out until a new Manhojang is elected because there is no Manhojang, then why on earth are you the new commander? You should take on the role of Manhojang and lead the command!”

Captain Cheonho, who had to take command in the absence of Captain Koral Manho, tried to make the most conservative judgment, but ended up getting scolded and crushed.

Such a ‘soft and defensive’ strategy is not welcomed among the Orcs, and the opponent is a scorched-earth city of the type they have captured countless times.

In the end, the Cheonhojangs, under semi-force, decided to attack Soer shortly after the death of Koral Manhojang. At that time, Kirmas’ death had not even been known.

Koral’s desire to ‘flatten the castle’ was something the Cheonhojangs also understood, but they had already waited too long.

And what came to them at the end of that wait was not the pleasure of conquest, but a miserable humiliation.

I had to wash away this insult somehow.

This insult could only be washed away by turning the city into a pile of stones and pouring the blood of those who lived there.

“Turn around!”

Doo doo doo doo doo. The cavalrymen all rushed towards Soer, kicking up a huge cloud of dust. The destructive power contained within seemed to rise up like a storm.

Their judgment was correct.

By the time Koral had already broken down the walls, they had more than enough power to take over Soer. That fact would not have changed even without Koral Manhojang. If it had been a normal city, what would have unfolded next would have been a one-sided massacre by the Olkan Discipline.

If Isaac hadn’t already perfectly laid out countermeasures against the Olkan discipline.

“Kill them all!”

The moment the first cavalrymen crossed the stone hill, the cavalrymen sensed that something was wrong.